I'm an American currently working overseas for work. We are living in a hotel and all hotel costs are completely covered by the company including food.
They are offering us an additional 450LE (around $25USD) per day in additional food and drink allowance. The food we eat at the hotel does not count towards the $450 allowance. I currently eat all my meals at the hotel and am letting $25/day go to waste.
I heard recently that some of the people here have purchased a Starbucks gift card and just load 450LE onto the card every day and turn in the receipts in order to utilize the 450 allowance. Of course, nobody is drinking $25 per day worth of coffee but the idea is that they will have a staggering amount of Starbucks gift $ when they return to the USA and will likely never have to pay for coffee again.
I would like some recommendations regarding how to properly utilize the full allowance. If we don't use it, we lose it.
June 19, 2017 at 06:24AM
